PubMed

After you’ve created a search string you’d like to save, click the ‘Advanced’ button on the main search page under the search box, then click the three dogs in front of the search you want to save. Choose 'Add Query."  In the future, you can access this search string by clicking your login name (upper right area) then 'Dashboard.'

On the next page you can:

• Name your search
• Specify if you want emailed updates, and if so, how often
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You can "Create an Alert' to have PubMed email you when new citations are added to PubMed that match your search criteria.  To do this, as shown above, click 'Create alert' and then on the next page, specify how often you would like to be notified of these new results.

Collections is a feature that allows you to save a set of citations for future use.  You can create a collection by either saving an entire set of search results, or specific citations.

 - to save an entire set of search results, simply click "Send to" then "Collections"

- to save specific citations, first save those citations into a Clipboard.  To save items to the Clipboard, check off the box in front of the citations you with to save, then click "Send to" then "Clipboard."

To access your Collection, click on your profile link in the upper right area of your screen, then click "Dashboard."

You can have PubMed save the entire set of results returned by a search string.  Results will be saved in a Collection. To do so, on the page where you see you results, click 'Send to' and then 'Collections.'  You will be asked to name your collection.  In the future, you can access these results by clicking your login name (upper right area) then 'Dashboard.'

There are many ways to personalize the way your PubMed results are displayed.  To change yours, click on your login name (upper right area) then 'Dashboard.'  Next click 'NCBI Site Preferences.'

One popular way to change your display is to add a highlighted color to your keywords, wherever they show up in the title or abstract.  To do this, on the 'NCBI Site Preferences' page, click 'Highlighting' and change the color to whatever color you choose.